Labels:text | screenshot OCR: CHALLENGER DISASTER ON JANUARY 28, 1986, millions of television viewers all over the world watched in horror as the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded less than 2 minutes after its launch. It was totally destroyed, and all seven crew members were killed. One of the crew, Christa McAuliffe, was a teacher who had intended to conduct lessons from space. An inquiry into the disaster United States found that the seal between two sections of a booster rocket had failed, causing a gas leak, which then ignited. DESTRUCTIVE FORCE The puff of smoke at the bottom right of this The Shuttle program was grounded for photograph shows where leaking gas caught nearly 3 years after the accident while fire just 73 seconds after lift-off. its safety was improved.
